Google Privacy Policy Could Violate EU Law, France Says

French regulators are warning Google that its new privacy policy appears to violate European data-protection laws, but the Internet giant indicated Tuesday that it is going ahead with the changes this week.

“Our preliminary analysis shows that Google’s new policy does not meet the requirements of the European Directive on Data Protection,” the French National Commission for Computing and Freedom wrote in a letter to Google on Monday. The commission asked Google to delay its rollout of the privacy changes.

Google is set to roll out its new privacy policy March 1. The changes allow the company to combine much of the information it has on its users; earlier policies kept some of that information separate. Since Google announced the changes in late January, it has faced questions from lawmakers and regulators in the U.S. and Europe who are concerned about the effects the new policy might have on users.